According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 46 percent of U.S. youth—or 34 million children—have had at least one adverse childhood experience by age 18, and more than 20 percent have had two or more. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events such as the death or incarceration of […]
Dr. LaShanta Rice, a behavior scientist at Johnson & Johnson who received her MPH from the USF College of Public Health (COPH) in 2008, got her first introduction to public health as a post-baccalaureate trainee at Meharry Medical College, a historically Black medical school located in Nashville, Tenn. It was […]
World No Tobacco Day is May 31 In 2015, most would agree that smoking cigarettes has a negative impact on one’s health. There have been countless campaigns demonstrating this fact by using spokespersons to share how they have suffered because of their long-term use of tobacco products. But as many […]